Posted on 08/01/2006 9:39:36 PM PDT by conservative in nyc
If Hungarian voters have their way then Budapest could be the home for the first bridge in the world to be named after Chuck Norris, the high-kicking star of countless action movies.
The Ministry of Economy and Transport could well be kicking itself after the star become an early front runner in an online poll organised by the ministry to name a new bridge across the Danube.
Almost 9000 people have voted for the "Chuck Norris Bridge".
The name was suggested by somebody who said that it would be a good idea because "there is no such bridge in the world and Hungary would be the first".
Hundreds of nominations have been put forward, many of them less than serious.
In second place, only a few hundred votes behind Chuck, is Pato Pal.
Pato Pal was a character in a poem by Hungary's favourite poet Sandor Petoffi, and the name has become synonymous with people who do not want to spend money.
The wag that suggested Pato Pal said that "the name speaks for itself, because the bridge should have been built decades ago."
Szent Istvan, the founder of the Hungarian state, is languishing in ninth place with just over 2000 votes.
However, should Chuck Norris win the vote for the bridge, which is set to open in 2008, the ministry has a get out clause.
The top three names from the list will be added to suggestions from the local councils affected by the bridge, linguists and other experts and go before a government committee for consideration.
The poll closes on September 8.
Come on....what connection has Chuck with Hungary? Name it after one of the Gabor sisters at least. Even Mariska Hargitay of Law and Order SVU has a better claim.
It's things like this that make me proud to be a Magyar.
If you ever change lanes without using a blinker, its a round house kick to the solar-plexus.
I'd name it the Noble Willingham Bridge.
Jaywalking on the bridge will be punishable by a roundhouse kick.
chuck norris doesnt need bridges..He just jumps from one end of the back to the other..
back=bank
Chuck Norris doesn't need bridges...he gives the river a look and the chasm closes for him.
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